Rituals seem to be declining in modern life. Finding ways to gather together meaningfully can help us combat loneliness, pain ...

Ritual is a deceptively simple word used to describe a wide range of actions, from daily prayer to elaborate public ceremonies. Scholars have proposed many definitions, often emphasizing repetition, ...

We can define ritual as a re-enactment of a previous event, in some cases a traumatic one, within the safety of sympathetic relationships. Its objective is not to repeat the trauma, but to bring ...

I came across an interesting paper entitled "The Ethics of Tawas and Other Rituals in Medical Practices". Here is its abstract: Rituals in medical practice have either been seen as an anthropological ...

Our family, like yours, has all kinds of rituals we perform with our children. Some are handed down. Most we started. A few may live on for our future (and hypothetical) grandkids. These are the ...